Colorado's Aspen Acres Fire tops national priority as damage assessment begins; Maryland storms cut power to nearly 39,000 as mid-Atlantic flood watches stretch into Monday.
Today’s brief covers the national wildfire picture at Preparedness Level 4, with 41 uncontained large fires and evacuations in three geographic areas. Colorado’s Aspen Acres Fire, now the nation’s top-priority incident, reaches nearly 87,000 acres as damage assessment teams begin work, while the Willow Fire forces new evacuations near Leadville. Utah’s Babylon Fire burns past 87,000 acres with no containment. In the mid-Atlantic, back-to-back storm rounds bring flooding, water rescues, and outages near 39,000 customers in Maryland, with flood watches covering New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania…
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